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Published by Anagrama · History and archaeology · ISBN 9788433950918

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Linked short stories about a platoon of American soldiers, Alpha Company, in the Vietnam War. Each of them carries his gear, but also memories, charms and ghosts; O'Brien, who fought in Vietnam, appears in the book sometimes as a 21-year-old soldier and sometimes as an older writer looking back.

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For readers of war writing and of fiction that plays with the line between memory and invention: the book argues that inventing is the best way to tell true stories. Open Library tags it for high-school reading levels.

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